Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'preserve' occurs 92 times in the standard works.

20 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'preserve' in the standard works and contain 21.7% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 9 minutes to read the entire list.

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Ps. 121:7-8 (3 in 2 verses)

 121:7 The Lord shall preserve thee from all evil: he shall preserve thy soul.

 121:8 The Lord shall preserve thy going out and thy coming in from this time forth, and even for evermore.




Jacob 5:53-54 (3 in 2 verses)

Jacob 5:11-13 (3 in 3 verses)

Alma 43:7-9 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Ne. 3:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)

Enos 1:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

Omni 1:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Hel. 4:24-25 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 28 23 51
Gen. 4 1 5
Deut. 1 0 1
Josh. 0 1 1
1 Sam. 0 1 1
2 Sam. 0 2 2
1 Chr. 0 2 2
Neh. 0 1 1
Job 0 4 4
Ps. 15 7 22
Prov. 5 2 7
Isa. 2 1 3
Jer. 1 0 1
Hosea 0 1 1
NT 2 4 6
BM 55 40 95
DC 5 11 16
PGP 2 3 5
TOTAL 92 81 173

Ps. 12:7
Thou shalt keep them, O Lord, thou shalt preserve them from this generation for ever.

Ps. 16:1
Preserve me, O God: for in thee do I put my trust.

Ps. 25:21
Let integrity and uprightness preserve me; for I wait on thee.

Ps. 31:23
O love the Lord, all ye his saints: for the Lord preserveth the faithful, and plentifully rewardeth the proud doer.

Ps. 32:7
Thou art my hiding place; thou shalt preserve me from trouble; thou shalt compass me about with songs of deliverance. Selah.

Ps. 36:6
Thy righteousness is like the great mountains; thy judgments are a great deep: O Lord, thou preservest man and beast.

Ps. 37:28
For the Lord loveth judgment, and forsaketh not his saints; they are preserved for ever: but the seed of the wicked shall be cut off.

Ps. 40:11
Withhold not thou thy tender mercies from me, O Lord: let thy lovingkindness and thy truth continually preserve me.

Ps. 41:2
The Lord will preserve him, and keep him alive; and he shall be blessed upon the earth: and thou wilt not deliver him unto the will of his enemies.

Ps. 61:7
He shall abide before God for ever: O prepare mercy and truth, which may preserve him.

Ps. 64:1
Hear my voice, O God, in my prayer: preserve my life from fear of the enemy.

Ps. 79:11
Let the sighing of the prisoner come before thee; according to the greatness of thy power preserve thou those that are appointed to die;

Ps. 86:2
Preserve my soul; for I am holy: O thou my God, save thy servant that trusteth in thee.

Ps. 97:10
Ye that love the Lord, hate evil: he preserveth the souls of his saints; he delivereth them out of the hand of the wicked.

Ps. 116:6
The Lord preserveth the simple: I was brought low, and he helped me.

Ps. 121:7
The Lord shall preserve thee from all evil: he shall preserve thy soul.

Ps. 121:8
The Lord shall preserve thy going out and thy coming in from this time forth, and even for evermore.

Ps. 140:1
Deliver me, O Lord, from the evil man: preserve me from the violent man;

Ps. 140:4
Keep me, O Lord, from the hands of the wicked; preserve me from the violent man; who have purposed to overthrow my goings.

Ps. 145:20
The Lord preserveth all them that love him: but all the wicked will he destroy.

Ps. 146:9
The Lord preserveth the strangers; he relieveth the fatherless and widow: but the way of the wicked he turneth upside down.